Frosted trees on Mansfield
Posted 12/1/07
If you've never visited the Green Mountain Club website, I will offer you a fun reason to do so now. Every month Vermont photographer Paul Hansen posts a wonderful desktop calendar photo. This month…
First freshies!
Posted 11/25/07
This just in: I earned my first turns of the season today! There were about 12 inches of fluffy powder to sample on the CCC road on the western slopes of Mt. Mansfield. That dirt road is accessed…
Just what were they thinking?
Posted 11/23/07
I'm hot under the collar. I'm perturbed. I'm just plain miffed. It's like when you were a kid riding the bus to a cool field trip and there were a couple of misbehaved classmates on the bus. Most of…
'Twas the day before Thanksgiving
Posted 11/21/07
'Twas the day before Thanksgiving, and all through the house, people were looking for their winter gear, and starting to grouse. OK, I've found my boot bag, long johns, hats and mittens, helmet, and…
Open season for hunting, and ski shows
Posted 11/11/07
Well hunting season is upon us here in Vermont (wear that orange out in the woods!), but it's also ski show season in the cities of the Northeast. Ski Vermont reports that they'll be at the Boston…
Vermont's highest peak is snowy
Posted 11/10/07
Today I donned my longjohns, grabbed my ski hat and gloves and headed not for the mountains, but for the lake. My husband, friends Pete and Nicole, and I jumped into a J24 sailboat for a race today on…
They're skiing out west
By Skimaven
Posted 11/1/07
Nothing like checking out western Web cams to get you thinking about winter. Arapahoe Basin in Colorado fired up its lifts for customers on October 10. Yeah, that's early. They say it's their earliest…
Where are the ticket discounts?
By Skimaven
Posted 10/25/07
One of the conundrums you face as a skier in northern Vermont is deciding where you purchase a season pass or discount card—or whether you do that at all. We have a bunch of ski resorts within an hour…
Pumped up for skiing!
By Skimaven
Posted 10/13/07
Yes, I know it's only October 13, but I'm ready for the ski season. You see, I just made my annual pilgrimage to a ski movie. Each year it's either Warren Miller, Teton Gravity Research or Mountain…
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